he was the leading member of the will lyndon johnson war on poverty. he was extraordinarily popular. huge outpourings of tributes to him. >> and inspiration? >> and inspiration. he left congress because he could no longer work across party lines. >> tom brokaw, thank you so much. >> thank you, tom. >>> when we come back, complete analysis of last night's debate with some of the best in the business. mark hall principle and joe pine. keep it here on "morning joe." >>> the only way you can find $5 trillion in loopholes is cut the mortgage deduction for middle class people, cut the health care deduction for middle class people, take away their ability to get a tax break to send their kids to college. >> is he wrong about that? >> he is wrong about that. >> how is that? >> you can cut tax rates by 20% for middle class taxpayers. >> not mathematically possible. >> it is mathematically possible. it's precisely what we're proposing. >> it has never been done before. >> jack kennedy, ronald reagan. >> oerk, now you're jack kennedy? >> good morning, it's 8:00 o